[This is a work in progress and largely taken from previous posts, but readers might find some value in it in the meanwhile.] 1. Heated but vacuous climate wars On environmental issues in general and climate in particular, find me someone ranting about “Malthusians ” or "environazis"...
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TokyoTom
on Wed, Feb 10 2010
Filed under: property, rent-seeking, energy, Enviro Derangement Syndrome, power, climate change
Apologies, but I can`t resist: I saw a news item earlier today - "Copenhagen climate summit borrows Dylan's voice" - that indicates that the COP 15 organizers (the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, to which Pres. George H.W. Bush & Congress...
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on Sat, Dec 5 2009
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I left the following comment on John Quiggin`s " Libertarians and delusion " post (other comments are noted in my preceding posts): TokyoTom November 6th, 2009 at 14:03 | #34 @jquiggin I “have started to entertain the view that there is either an actual or perceived conflict between reality...
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on Thu, Nov 5 2009
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Further to my preceding posts regarding John Quiggin`s post on " Libertarians and delusionism ", I copy below a few of the comments that I left there: TokyoTom November 4th, 2009 at 08:13 | #3 John, thanks for raising the topic more widely. However, I think you`ve wandered a bit astray yourself...
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on Thu, Nov 5 2009
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Michael Giberson at Knowledge Problem points to recent press coverage of the profoundly negative and perverse role being played by public utilities and their regulators. Who knows, but isn`t there an opportunity here for market liberals and environmentalists to push for deregulation and greater competition...
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on Thu, Oct 15 2009
Filed under: power, deregulation, climate change, efficiency, public utilities, mandates, Giberson